WHAT HEADPHONES SHOULD I BUY FOR MIXING AND MASTERING

Nylon string? You do have to have some technology standards. NoEQ, there
are about 3 or 4 excellent quality headphones at Walmart that are under
10 USD. These are more than enough for the OPs needs and you are getting
some of that great Chinese cutting edge audio technology that seems to have
been frozen in time from the 70s. Call me an audio snob but I digress.

I have DT770 for tracking due to their closed back design. Although for listening back they sound a little boxy on the low end/lower mids.

To counter this I have DT990's for listening back. The open back design makes all the difference.

Both pairs are very comfortable to wear for long periods of time.

I only mix on them when I have to (at night etc) and always make sure I have a good general mix balance on my monitors before I start with the headphones. I'm not even going to answer the one about mastering...... that was a joke? Surely?

i've really never mixed with them, but i am a huge Grado fan.

i have the grado sr325i.......

beautiful cans

one day i'll get the gs1000's and will never have contact with the outside world again....talk about gearlust

don't use headphones for either, only use properly set up studio monitors. Headphones give you a left and right object fixed to each ear with no stereo image. You only hear true stereo from monitors correctly positioned

don't use headphones for either, only use properly
set up studio monitors. Headphones give you a left
and right object fixed to each ear with no stereo
image. You only hear true stereo from monitors
correctly positioned

I agree, headphones are fine for spot checking specifics like reverrb tails or just ot hear the mix/mastering a second way but no headphones are suitable to depend on as a primary source of decision making.

But maybe that is not what the OP meant to imply he would use them for.

I use Sennheiser HD280s and really enjoy them. Good
isolation and good frequency response. The low end
feels a LITTLE exagerated to me due to the closed
back design and tight fit. Also, they can be a
little uncomfortable after awhile, 2 hours or more,
but if you are mixing, I would suggest taking a 10 to
15 minute break every hour or so to refresh your
ears, so that can help the comfort issue.

I get ear fatigue very quickly from the HD280s. Do you have any issues?

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if u contact sennheiser they will tell you that the 600's are better for the purpose you want them for
650s are the best correct
but they arent flat enough

7506's for tracking.
i use the 7506's, akg 240m's, and shure e5's to spot check for translation.
the mixing is done on monitors.

That was funny!

OOps

IBuds

Isn't that what everybody will listen to your stuff on?

And you are welcome LPG

Maybe I'm overly suspicous but, has anybody noticed that the op has not responded at all and he included a link to the Guitar Center Headphone webpage?
Is it possible that someone from Guitar Center posted this message and is
hoping people reading this forum will buy some Headphones from Guitar Center? Free advertising?

RealDave__

I don't think it will work. Everyone on here either doesn't use, or is happy with the headphones they have!

Maybe I'm overly suspicous but, has anybody noticed
that the op has not responded at all and he included
a link to the Guitar Center Headphone webpage?
Is it possible that someone from Guitar Center posted
this message and is
hoping people reading this forum will buy some
Headphones from Guitar Center? Free advertising?

RealDave__

He never responds to any of the questions, He just puts up a caps-locked panic-post, asking the most baffling un-Logic related questions.
All part of his charm.

Speaking of Guitar Center,
Please check out this animated video goofing on Guitar Center salespeople.

http://www.heavy.com/video/1047

Anyone who has ever dealt with Guitar Center will enjoy.
There is a Guitar Center by my house and I was looking at plug ins. I was looking at the box to see if the plug in was Audio Units, and the sales guy (much like the one in the video), told me to buy Cubase!